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Penny Lane
(Lennon/McCartney)
Thursday 29 December 1966, 7.00pm-2.15am.
Studio Two
Producer: George Martin.     Engineers: Geoff Emerick, Phil McDonald.
	Task	Take		Channels	Reel	Release
	Recording	TK-1		4T	E62558
	Recording	TK-2		4T	E62558
	Recording	TK-3		4T	E62558
	Recording	TK-4		4T	E62558
	Recording	TK-5		4T	E62558
	Recording	TK-6 ✔		4T	E62558
	Mono mixing	RM1	< TK-6	Δ	E62559
	Mono mixing	RM2 ✔	< TK-6	Δ	E62559
Friday 30 December 1966, 7.00pm-3.00am.
Studio Two
Producer: George Martin.     Engineers: Geoff Emerick, Phil McDonald.
	Task	Take		Channels	Reel	Release
	Reduction mix	TK-7	< TK-6	4T	E62558
	Recording	TK-7	SI lead vocal, backing vocal	4T	E62558
	Mono mixing	RM1	< TK-7	Δ	E62559
	Mono mixing	RM2 ✔	< TK-7	Δ	E62559
Wednesday 4 January 1967, 7.00pm-2.45am.
Studio Two
Producer: George Martin.     Engineers: Geoff Emerick, Phil McDonald.
	Task	Take		Channels	Reel	Release
	Recording	TK-7	SI lead vocal	4T	E62558
	Recording	TK-7	SI piano, guitar	4T	E62558
Thursday 5 January 1967, 7.00pm-12.15am.
Studio Two
Producer: George Martin.     Engineers: Geoff Emerick, Phil McDonald.
	Task	Take		Channels	Reel	Release
	Recording	TK-7	SI lead vocsal	4T	E62558
	Recording	TK-7	SI backing vocal	4T	E62558
Friday 6 January 1967, 7.00pm-1.00am.
Studio Two
Producer: George Martin.     Engineers: Geoff Emerick, Phil McDonald.
	Task	Take		Channels	Reel	Release
	Recording	TK-7	SI bass	4T	E62558
	Recording	TK-7	SI guitar, drums	4T	E62558
	Reduction mix	TK-8	< TK-7	4T	E62558
	Recording	TK-8	SI piano, Challen piano	4T	E62558
	Recording	TK-8	SI backing vocals, handclaps	4T	E62558
	Recording	TK-8	SI guide vocals for horns	4T	E62558
	Reduction mix	TK-9	< TK-7	4T	E61647
Monday 9 January 1967, 7.00pm-1.45am.
Studio Two
Producer: George Martin.     Engineers: Geoff Emerick, Phil McDonald.
	Task	Take		Channels	Reel	Release
	Recording	TK-9	SI wind	4T	E61647
	Recording	TK-9	SI horns	4T	E61647
	Mono mixing	RM5	< TK-9	Δ	E62822
	Mono mixing	RM6	< TK-9	Δ	E62822
Tuesday 10 January 1967, 7.00pm-1.40am.
Studio Three
Producer: George Martin.     Engineers: Geoff Emerick , Phil McDonald.
	Task	Take		Channels	Reel	Release
	Recording	TK-9	SI backing vocals	4T	E61647
	Recording	TK-9	SI chimes, tubular bells	4T	E61647
Thursday 12 January 1967, 2.30-11.00pm.
Studio Three
Producer: George Martin.     Engineers: Geoff Emerick, Phil McDonald.
	Task	Take		Channels	Reel	Release
	Recording	TK-9	SI wind, horns, double bass	4T	E61647
	Mono mixing	RM7	< TK-9	Δ	E62822
	Mono mixing	RM8	< TK-9	Δ	E62822	[Sessionography Four]
Tuesday 17 January 1967, 7.00pm-12.30am.
Studio Two
Producer: George Martin.     Engineers: Geoff Emerick, Phil McDonald.
	Task	Take		Channels	Reel	Release
	Recording	TK-9	SI piccolo trumpet	4T	E61647
	Mono mixing	RM9	< TK-9	Δ	E62822	[Sessionography Four]
	Mono mixing	RM10	< TK-9	Δ	E62822	[Sessionography Four]
	Mono mixing	RM11 ✔	< TK-9	Δ	E62822	[Sessionography Four]
	Tape copying	RM11		Δ	??
Wednesday 25 January 1967, 6.30-8.30pm.
Studio One (control room)
Producer: George Martin.     Engineers: Geoff Emerick, Phil McDonald.
	Task	Take		Channels	Reel	Release
	Mono mixing	RM12	< TK-9	Δ	E63073
	Mono mixing	RM13	< TK-9	Δ	E63073
	Mono mixing	RM14 ✔	< TK-9	Δ	E63073	Single
Wednesday 25 January 1967, 9.00-10.00pm.
Studio One (control room)
Producer: George Martin.     Engineers: Geoff Emerick, Phil McDonald.
	Task	Take		Channels	Reel	Release
	Tape copying	RM14		Δ	E63021
Musicians
Key
Takes
	TK	Take (TK-00: unnumbered take(s))
	RM	Mono Remix
	RS	Stereo Remix
	SI	Superimposition (i.e. overdub)
	fs	False start
	bd	Breakdown
	✔	Best take
Channels
	Δ	Delta Mono
	2T	Twin-track
	Z	Stereo
	3T	Three-track
	4T	Four-track
	8T	Eight-track
Reels
	*	indicates a reel now lost
Release
Only the first official release of any take is listed
	[ ]	Take available only on bootleg, with an example cited

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